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There will be a cemetery workday on Saturday, March 21, starting at 8:30 a.m. at Hardeetown Cemetery. Everyone is invited to come and help with the general cleanup. If you have garden tools and can bring them along that would be helpful. Lunch will also be served.

The cemetery group is attempting to set up a file with obituaries of all persons buried in Hardeetown Cemetery. If you have an obituary of a loved one, we would appreciate receiving a copy.

The 3rd annual “You be the Judge” talent show will be held at Williston High School at 3 p.m. May 2.

The talent show is open to all students in middle through high school (grades 6-12). Applications are available at Williston Middle School, Williston High School and Bronson Middle/High School. They are also available at Tri-County Pregnancy Center ,426 W Noble Ave., across the street from Williston High School.

Auditions will be held March 21 at Cornerstone Assembly of God, 1045 NE 6th Blvd., Williston, beginning at 9 a.m.

For about two hours Friday morning, residents from around the county crowded into the county's commision meeting room to pay homage to a handful of the area's black leaders and community members that have made a difference throughout the years.

The event, organized by area historian and artist Carolyn Cohens and Clerk of Court Danny Shipp, has been taking place for years in honor of Black History Month.

The traveling couple, who hale from New York, spend the first three months of the year in Florida, mostly camping at state and private parks. They trade a couple days of camping for their performances of traditional and original folk music, which all has an emphasis in bluegrass, Staber said.

During the next two months, Staber and Chasnoff will be playing is area parks and in Cedar Key.

The works of Bill Roberts, artist and author, will be on exhibit during February at Brick City Center for the Arts, 25 SW Broadway St., Ocala.

The exhibit opens Friday, Feb. 6 with a reception at 6 p.m.

"All I Ever Wanted to be was a Cowboy" exhibit is the work of 82-year- old Roberts. His book of short stories is a reflection of cow hunting in Florida beginning at the tender age of 13 and continuing for the next 35 years.

The world’s dinosaur “Sue”-perstar returned to the Florida Museum of Natural History on Jan. 24 in the featured exhibition “A T. rex Named Sue.”

This bilingual exhibit presents the story of “Sue,” the largest, most complete and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex ever unearthed. It features a life-size, 42-foot-long cast of the dinosaur and family-friendly interactive components exploring the paleontology that has helped scientists reconstruct Sue’s life and legacy.

SHINE is a volunteer program with the Florida Department of Elder Affairs and Elder Options, Inc (Gainesville). SHINE volunteers assist Medicare beneficiaries, their families and caregivers in all things Medicare, including understanding their Medicare benefits, Medicare Part D Drug Plan assistance, Advantage Plans, supplemental insurance options and much more. Volunteers also assist Medicare beneficiaries to apply for low income programs and other prescription drug assistance programs.

For the second year, University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences faculty members predict the food-related trends that could end up on your dinner plates and grocery store shelves in 2015:

The ladies of the Levy County Quilt Museum are in the midst of their annual quilt show that began the day after Thanksgiving and continues until Christmas.

“We’re a museum and more … much more,” Myrtice Scabarozi said last Thursday as she pointed out the varieties of items for sale. Everything is handmade, more or less, by local people she said. They are also run by volunteers and supported by donations. She said they made $3,000 last month, a record month. “We’re extremely lucky,” she said.